Eddie Boyle (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó Baoill | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1915 Greenore, County Louth, Ireland | ||
| Died |
December 2000 (aged 85) Greenore, County Louth, Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Prince of full-backs | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Cooley Kickhams | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Louth titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Louth | |||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Eddie Boyle (1915 - December 2000) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Louth senior team.[1]
Born in Greenore, County Louth, Boyle first excelled at Gaelic football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Louth minor team before later joining the junior side. He later made his senior championship debut. Boyle enjoyed a lengthy career and won two Leinster medal.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Boyle won five Railway Cup medals. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Cooley Kickhams.
In retirement from playing Boyle came to be regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time. He was chosen at full-back on a special team of the century made up of players who never won an All-Ireland medal. He was posthumously chosen on the Louth Football Team of the Millennium.
References
- ↑ "Sadness at death of GAA legend". Irish Independent. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 21 September 2014.